Pumpkin Mousse with Caramel Pecan Bacon Praline

Fall is coming and what way to best celebrate than a rich pumpkin mousse with a caramel pecan bacon praline sauce?

I can’t help it.

I love pumpkin. It is not only filled with vitamins and nutrients, but it works really well in desserts!

Fall has always been my favorite time of year. The weather cools down a little bit, the kids get settled in to their school routine, Halloween costumes are chosen…..and pumpkin recipes are all over the internet.

It is almost a shame to put away the cans of organic pumpkin after Halloween.

The star of this recipe is pumpkin…but the bacon is fighting hard to take center stage. Bacon adds just enough of that salty smokey taste to the caramel sauce to turn this dessert into something spectacular.

I really hate cooking bacon in my kitchen. It is messy and smelly…and not so fun to clean up. Trader Joe’s was reading my mind because this fully cooked bacon is so much easier to use.

For this recipe, I wanted to use some of the bacon grease in my praline sauce. I put three slices of the bacon into a coffee mug and microwaved it for 40 seconds.

Fold the pumpkin into the whipped cream very carefully to keep it nice and fluffy.

Pumpkin Mousse with Caramel Pecan Bacon Praline

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Easy pumpkin mousse with a caramel pecan bacon praline topping

Ingredients

1 can organic pumpkin puree

1 can COLD full fat coconut milk

1 cup sugar

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1/8 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 slices cooked bacon

1/4 cup caramel sauce, I love Trader Joe's

1/4 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

In a sauce pan, add pumpkin, eggs, sugar and spices.

Cook on low heat until mixture boils, stirring frequently.

Allow to fully cool.

In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to whip the cold coconut milk into whipped cream.

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